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Characters of several ingenious designing gentlemen : who have lately put in to the ladies invention. Which is intended to be drawn as soon as full.
Date: 1697-- Books
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Mr. Joanidion Fielding his true and faithful account of the strange and miraculous comet which was seen by the mufti at Constantinople : As appears by the Daily Courant of last month. / By E. Parker, Philomath.
Parker, E., active 1717Date: [1717?]- Books
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Harry Hangman's honour: or, Gloucester-shire hangman's request to the smoakers or tobacconists in London.
Date: [1655]- Books
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Merlinus anonymus : An Almanack, and no almanack. A kalendar, and no kalendar. An ephemeris (betwixt jest, and earnest) for this present year 1655. Being besse sextile or leap year. Containing many chronological concavities, monethly observations, Scoganicol annotations, and Tarltonical predictions of the state of great Brittain, and all Europe in general. Of the two ominous eclipses, this year visible in our horizon, the one by the interposition of the sun betwixt the moon and the earth, the other at the moons ingress into Libra. The mutual aspects of the twelve signs, as they are seated in Lillies Almanack, also a tide table, and some spagitical schemes, not to be found in Bullialdus or Durca. Also, a dogmatical diary, very useful for court, city, and country, which other crotchets of most copious contrivance: intended especially for the horizon of Saint James es [sic], Clerkenweel, where the pole is elevated from that of Grubstreet, 3947 cubits, and may indifferently (id est, so, so,) serve for all clymats, countries, and continents, and the most un-inhabitable parts of the earth. / By Raphael Desmus.
Samuel SheppardDate: 1655- Books
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The infallible astrologer: or, Mr. Silvester Partrige's prophesie and predictions of what shall infallibly happen in, and about the Cities of London and Westminster, for every day this week.
Date: MDCC. [1700]- Books
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Poor Robin's prophecy, for the year 1701 : Found several years after his death, hid under an old close-stool-pan. And now publish'd by his executors, to make some people merry, and the rest mad. Containing, comical predictions for every month in the year, carefully calculated, to make both sexes shake their sides till they break their twatling-strings.
Poor RobinDate: 1671- Books
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The Mad-merry Merlin: or, The black almanack : comprising, strange observations, and monthly prognostications, pointing to a clear discovery of what was, is, and shal come to pass, in the ensuing year of our Lord, 1654. Truly representing the great and wonderfull iniquity of the times, the changes and mutations incident both to kings, princes, states and common-wealths: and the denoting and setting forth the croaking frogs, not to be induced in a religious state, the inquisition of the purse, and the authentick gypsies of this age. With sundry other delightfull annotations upon state martyrs, that have paid the excise with their ears; upon a blue-stockin'd justice, made of a good basket-hilted yeoman; and upon a short-handed clerk and sequestrator, termagant like, tackt to the rear of him. Intended for the horizon of the Royal Exchange in Cornhil; but especially for the city of Kings-street, where the pole is elevated many degrees above the people: but may indifferently serve for all climates, countreys and continents.
Date: 1653- Books
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Merlinus anonymus : An almanack, and no almanck [sic]. A kalendar, and no kalendar. An epemeris [sic] (between jest, and earnest) for the year 1654. Lunacious observations, monethly prognostications, and chronological annotations, pointing to a clear discovery of vvhat was, is, and shall be. With a prophylatical prediction, as well on divers dreadful eclipses, as the mutual aspects of those saturine, joviall, solar, venerious, witty, warlike, watry, (pegasian) planets, vvho govern mens bodies, and the magnetick motions of terrestial carcases. Also, a meteorogical diary fitted for the use of citizen, and countriman, ... Intended especially for the horizon of Saint Andrews Holburn, viz: Grayes-Inn-lane, vvhere the pole is elevated 1600 cubits from that of Comsmopolis, ... / By Raphael Desmus philologist.
Samuel SheppardDate: 1654. [i.e. 1653]- Books
The new foundling hospital for wit : (6 parts in 3 volumes, 1768-73) / edited by Donald W. Nichol.
Date: 2006- Books
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Hell in an uproar : occasioned by a scuffle that happened between the lawyers and the physicians, for superiority. A satyr.
Burridge, Richard, 1670-Date: MDCC. [1700]- Books
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Hell in an uproar : occasioned by a scuffle that happened between the lawyers and the physicians, for superiority. A satyr.
Burridge, Richard, 1670-Date: MDCC. [1700]
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The genuine tryal of Dr. Nosmoth, a physician in Pekin; : for the murder of the Mandarin Tonwin, treasurer to the army of the Emperor of China, before the great council of mandarines. / Taken in short hand by the linguist of the English factory.
Date: 1746- Books
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A faire in Spittle Fields, where all the knick knacks of astrology are exposed to open sale, to all that will see for their love; and buy for their money : Where, first Mr. William Lilley presents you with his pack, wherein he hath to sell. 1. The introduction, 2. Nativities caluclated, 3. The great ephimeredies, 4. Monarchy, or no monarchy 5. The caracture of K. Charles, 6. Annus Tenebrosus. Second, Nicholas Culpeper, brings under his veluet jacket. 1. His chalinges against the docttors [sic] of phuisick, [sic] 2. A pocket medicine, 3. An almanack, & conjuring circle, Third Mr. Bowker unlocked his pack, wherein is, 1. The 12. signes of the zodiack 2. The 12. houses, 3. The 7. planets, 4. The yeares predictions, and the starry globe / Written by J.B. Gent.
J. B.Date: 1652- Books
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A Continuation of a catalogue of ladies : to be set up by auction, on.
Date: 1691-1691- Books
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To all gentlemen, ladies, and others, whether of city, town, or country: Alexander Bendo wisheth all health and prosperity.
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of RochesterDate: [1700]- Books
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Hippocrates ridens. Or, Joco-serious reflections on the impudence and mischiefs of quacks : and illiterate pretenders to physick.
Date: 1686-
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The pleasures of human life : investigated cheerfully, elucidated satirically, promulgated explicitly, and discussed philosophically. In a dozen dissertations on male, female, and neuter pleasures. Interspersed with various anecdotes, and expounded by numerous annotations. / By Hilaris Benevolus, & Co.
John BrittonDate: 1807